Program: You’re not too young to make a difference
On December 15, students from Ohio Northern University and Ada High School gathered for a luncheon and awards program as participants in the Pi Sigma Alpha Empowering Youth Through Civic Engagement Essay Contest. The students also heard from Ada Area Chamber of Commerce director Lindsay Walden Hollar on the subject of civic engagement.
The center is designed to engage regional companies, organizations and individuals through “high-impact programs and services to enhance outcomes while contributing in a significant way to the mission of ONU.”
Student fellow Caleb Clayton from the ONU Institute for Civics and Public Policy (ICAPP) released the following "Critical Questions" article on DigitalCommons@ONU. Clayton poses and answers three questions, and provides further reading on the subject.
By Caleb Clayton
Introduction
The digital age and the birth of social media have changed how people receive news. New technologies make communicating events an instantaneous process. Generating information is far easier than ever, and the amount of information in the world has grown exponentially since the turn of the millennium. Information constantly generates, making it impossible to process and verify it as it appears.
SAE Baja
T.J. Smull College of Engineering's SAE Baja team took three vehicles to the Second Annual Baja Butler Bash hosted by Grove City College in October 22 and came home with first place overalll.
They were awarded a hefty trophy--it weighs about 52 pounds.
Car #18 completed 52 laps (1st place), car #54 completed 41 laps (4th place) and car #80 completed 35 laps (5th place). There were fifteen total vehicles in the race from six universities.
Ohio Northern University Law graduates who sat for the Ohio bar exam in the summer of 2022 collectively earned one of the highest passage rates compared to those from other colleges, at 81 percent. According to Kelly Stevens, ONU bar success coordinator, this cohort placed third, just behind Case Western Reserve University and The Ohio State University.
Stevens points out that the numbers are even more impressive considering that these graduates started their studies in fall 2019, not long before the COVID-19 pandemic began.
